As demand for semiconductors continues to outpace supply, global semiconductor sales were up $144.8 billion in the third quarter of 2021, which represents a rise of 27.6%, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). Per a Digitimes Asia article, “Semiconductor sales were $48.3 billion in September 2021, rising 27.6% from a year earlier and 2.2% [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
According to data from the Pew Research Center, more Americans turned to religion and increased their sense of personal faith during the pandemic. This faith in religion is also spilling over into their investment portfolios where returns aren’t the only things that are front and center. “The success of a financial plan starts with the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
In the U.S., many investors know about the importance of the consumer. It’s said that consumer spending drives two-thirds of the GDP in the world’s largest economy. As such, consumer discretionary stocks account for nearly 13% of the S&P 500. That’s more than the energy, materials, real estate, and utilities sectors combined. On a related [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Investors looking to apply a high level of scrutiny to their dividends — something all investors should do — can have a friend in the SmartETFs Dividend Builder ETF (DIVS). That actively managed exchange traded fund is exceedingly relevant at a time of renewed global dividend growth, and its managers do the heavy lifting for investors by [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Taxes, which have been at historic lows, could be changing soon along with the tax code, and retirees and those looking to retire soon should be paying close attention. Individuals retiring in today’s times are typically doing so with more money than those from previous generations, opening themselves to the potential to pay much more [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Growth investors, look now, because growth stocks are perking up in a big way, prompting some market observers to say that growth will beat value by a wide margin into year-end. Over the past month, the S&P 500 Growth Index is up 10.62%, more than doubling the returns of its value counterpart. That’s good news [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP26, is underway in Glasgow, Scotland, and the ballyhooed climate confab is already delivering potential benefits to exchange traded funds such as the Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF (GSFP). Obviously, talk is cheap. Companies and governments need to walk the walk on climate change, but the [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Impact Shares announced in a press release today the launch of the Impact Shares MSCI Global Climate Select ETF (NTZO). The fund was created by the nonprofit ETF issuer in conjunction with the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), an agency within the UN that works financially with the poor in the 46 Least Developed [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
In a recently published piece on Sprott Insights, Sprott market strategist Paul Wong made the case that gold is poised to climb out of its yearly hole as the Fed grapples with inflation. Wong notes that gold suffered from a positioning cleanse in late September that sent the entire precious metals complex into a state [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Asia 50 ETF (Symbol: AIA) where we have detected an approximate $55.9 million dollar outflow -- that's a 2.4% decrease week over week (from
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (Symbol: IWM) where we have detected an approximate $140.7 million dollar inflow -- that's a 0.2% increase week over week i
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Invesco S&P MidCap Low Volatility ETF (Symbol: XMLV) where we have detected an approximate $44.1 million dollar outflow -- that's a 3.1% decreas
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SPDR— Portfolio S&P 500— ETF (Symbol: SPLG) where we have detected an approximate $152.1 million dollar inflow -- that's a 1.2% incr
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Invesco S&P Ultra Dividend Revenue ETF (Symbol: RDIV) where we have detected an approximate $155.8 million dollar inflow -- that's a 22.5% incre
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SPDR— Portfolio S&P 500— Growth ETF (Symbol: SPYG) where we have detected an approximate $336.6 million dollar inflow -- that's a 2.
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SPDR— S&P— Biotech ETF (Symbol: XBI) where we have detected an approximate $354.4 million dollar inflow -- that's a 5.0% increase we
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF (Symbol: EWT) where we have detected an approximate $57.0 million dollar outflow -- that's a 0.8% decrease week over week (f
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Invesco PureBeta MSCI USA ETF (Symbol: PBUS) where we have detected an approximate $317.3 million dollar inflow -- that's a 14.1% increase week over
In recent trading, shares of Beauty Health Co (Symbol: SKIN) have crossed above the average analyst 12-month target price of $28.43, changing hands for $29.49/share. When a stock reaches the target an analyst has set, the analyst logically has two ways to react: downgrade on va
In recent trading, shares of Nordson Corp. (Symbol: NDSN) have crossed above the average analyst 12-month target price of $258.80, changing hands for $259.47/share. When a stock reaches the target an analyst has set, the analyst logically has two ways to react: downgrade on valu